Richard Rolle quotes
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“Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor by dread thronged, nor by doom tempted.”
-- Richard RolleSource : "The Fire of Love".
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“The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our heart; that is, in all our understanding without erring. In all our soul; that is, in all our will without gainsaying. In all our their ought; that is, that we think on Him without forgetting. In this manner is very love and true, that is work of man's will. For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.”
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“For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.”
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“Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.”
-- Richard RolleSource : "Selected Works of Richard Rolle: Hermit".
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“The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.”
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“It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.”
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“O good Jesu Thou has bound my heart in the thought of Thy Name, and now I can not but sing it; therefore have mercy upon me, making perfect that Thou hast ordained.”
-- Richard RolleSource : Richard Rolle (of Hampole) (1920). “The Fire of Love”
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“Piglet: "How do you spell 'love'?" Winnie the Pooh: "You don't spell it...you feel it."”
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Source : A.A. Gill (2008). “Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
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“A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.”
Source : Keep the Faith, Baby! "Black Power: A Form of Godly Power" (1967)
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